Kia's POV:
" Kia, quick! We need to go to a place. a woman needs us." She said ushering me. I came out of my zone and ran behind her.
" What happened?" I asked sitting in the car along with Benny, Zuha and Arif squeezing in.
" A woman named Rathi is half burnt by her in-laws and husband." Aarthi said and I gasped. I shuddered just at the thought of seeing her in so much pain.
We stopped in front of a chawl and the doors looked half burnt. There were women everywhere and a few activists who held the lady's mother-in-law and husband. A woman from the group approached us and led the way without even asking.
" Aap is taraf aayiye." She said and I nodded subconsciously.
We went inside and saw a lady doctor looking at her.
" Have you all gone mad? Instead of taking her to the hospital, you are trying to treat her here?" Zuha screamed and I just looked at the whole scream unable to work out anything. I'm feeling so dizzy.
" Tum ne kiya ye sab?" I asked her so-called husband. There his wife is in a vulnerable position and he is smirking at me here?
" Le jao use apne NGO pe ab." He spat and tears swirled in my eyes. Looking at her half-burned body is still in front of my eyes unable to process that he and his other together did everything.
After last month's dinner with Siddhansh at my home, I realised one thing, my parents are trying, trying to express their love for me. That's enough. Ab mere saare kaand Papa sambhalenge. Nahi tho us kursi ka kya faayda?
I took a rusted rod from the scrap that was adjacent to the stairs. I can hear the sound of the ambulance and I suddenly felt that the lady doctor would be left alone without any work. Of course, now I'll create some work for her.
I tightened the grip around the rod and gave him a hard blow on his head. The astonishment I've seen in his mother's eyes made me feel satisfied. She screamed all the colourful words she knew in the Marathi and I screamed at the top of my lungs. "CHUP!"
"Tu gapp basanar nahis tar me tuzi jibh kapun taken." I said boaring my eyes right into hers.
(If you don't shut up now, I'll right away cut your tongue.)
My gaze fell on those brothers who were putting the stretcher into the ambulance carrying that woman Rathi.
" Kia, stop!" Zuha and Arif tried pulling me but suddenly black dots consumed me making me want to puke. I puked my guts out on that rascal in front of me before passing out. I might know the reason for all this but my heart just doesn't want to accept it. Amid all these, one thing that satisfied me was puking on that bastard.
I heard the screams of Benny and Aarti but my headache was so intense.
I opened my eyes as I felt something cold on my eyes. And there are Arohi Aunty and Mumma.
" Phew! You finally opened your eyes. You scared us Kia." Mumma said looking all worried. Is she genuinely worried for me?
I tried to sit and Arohi Aunty helped me sit.
" Don't move, Papa is on the way," Mumma said making me tense. Is he gonna scream at me?
" Why did you disturb him?" I asked her nonchalantly.
" Nothing is more important to us than you Kia." She mumbled looking at her mobile and I know she was pretending to look into her mobile. A sudden pain erupted in my heart making me feel suffocated. Where did all this love go over the years?
